Year of Wonders Chapter 3 Quotes
Year of Wonders Chapter 3 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
(Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote 7
I saw them that afternoon through Anys's eyes: shackled to their menfolk as surely as the plough-horse to the shares. (2.3.26)
The more time Anna spends with Anys, the more she leans toward her friend's perspective. Why should she repress her sexuality? Why should she expect some man to take care of her? Anna reckons with these questions in an intimate way.
Quote 8
Dark and light, dark and light, dark and light. That was how I had been taught to view the world. (2.3.25)
Although Anna isn't a Puritan, she was raised around enough of them to internalize their value system. They believe in absolute morality: the idea that there is only right and wrong, and nothing in between.